*** \nAs reported by the head of the regional organization of the "Our Ukraine" party, Oleksandr Martyniuk, on September 3 a meeting of the regional organization's council was held, at which "a decision was made to intensify the organizational development of the party in the region and preliminary discussion of candidates for the election lists for local council elections was started." \n \n*** \nAs of today, the heads of city and district headquarters of the Socialist Party of Ukraine are undergoing training at the party's central election headquarters. \n \n*** \nThe head of the regional organization of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, Oleh Maksymovych, noted: "The governing bodies of the regional organization believe that in these elections KUN should go as a separate political force." He justified this position by saying that "the force that people counted on during the Orange Revolution cannot fulfill its tasks, because it has bet on 'yesterday's' people. Therefore we would not want to lend our shoulder to any political force." \n \n*** \nAccording to the press center of the "Volyn Regional Party Organization of the All-Ukrainian Union 'Batkivshchyna'," on September 7 the first issue of the socio-political newspaper "Batkivshchyna" of the party's regional branch will be printed with a circulation of 5,000. \nThe publication will inform party members and its supporters about party life in Ukraine and in Volyn, will tell about the party's leaders and its notable figures, will track all events taking place in the region and the state and will give them an assessment from the point of view of the AU "Batkivshchyna." \nThe first issue of the newspaper contains a statement by the Presidium of the Political Council of the "AU 'Batkivshchyna'" party regarding the events surrounding the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, an interview with People's Deputy of Ukraine Yevhen Kyrylchuk and the head of the Volyn Regional Party Organization "AU 'Batkivshchyna'" Mykola Potapchuk, and other interesting materials \n